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“Middle-schooler Hiyori enlists her crush's childhood friend to help win him over, but he falls for her instead.”
Kare wa Tomodachi
彼はトモダチ
7.39
4,278 rank · 6,367 readers · 40 favorites
Shoujo
School
Drama
Romance
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Synopsis
Middle-schooler Hiyori enlists her crush's childhood friend to help win him over, but he falls for her instead.
In her 3rd year of middle school, Hiyori has had a crush on Mizuno, who is in the classroom next door. It was at a time like that when a seating change happened, and she ended up sitting right next to Sasamoto, who is Mizuno’s childhood friend. She finds this out and she decides to ask for his help. However, Sasamoto, who was supposed to be just a friend, starts to develop feelings…?! (Source: Midnight Scans)
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Community consensus
Derived from 10 sampled reviews
6.4
/10
What 10 readers settled on.
67%
recommend
Score distribution
median 8
mode 8
σ 3.20
Agreement
Polarized
σ 3.20 · split reception
The polarity gap
6.8 pts
Recommenders 8.8 · others 2.0
Yes
No
Score over time
↓ 1.60
Running avg · Jul 2010 → Jul 2020
Snap verdicts
· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 9 “This is my very very very first time writing a review and I'm not really good speaking English so I might use wrong words and/or grammar.. First: I really like this manga because I really miss my...”
- 8 “This manga was pretty good, not going to lie. At first the plot was pretty light and not that intense but then while the story was developing so were the characters. The plot is not the extremely...”
- 10 “Story - 10/10 I really have to admit that I hate love triangles because they just repeat themselves like any other manga. However, in my 3 years of otaku, this is the very first time I found...”
Verbosity
Short · 40%
Medium · 50%
Long · 10%
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A Manga Publication
- Format 28 × 7 ch × vol
- Total read 3h 44m approx
- Published Oct 2007 – Jan 2010
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M5628 catalog